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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: The MMO/life balance]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/the-daily-grind-the-mmo-life-balance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/the-daily-grind-the-mmo-life-balance/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/the-daily-grind-the-mmo-life-balance/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a></p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tightrope_artist_Cologne_1.jpg"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/05/641px-tightrope_artist_cologne_1.jpg" alt="" /></a>Irony is a weird thing. Here's an example: since becoming a journalist some four years ago I've had less time to read manga, watch anime and play games (oddly all things I do as part of my job). Here's another one: since joining Massively and WoW.com, my time playing <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/world-of-warcraft/"><em>WoW</em></a> has dropped to just a couple of hours a week. Weird huh? It's something I'm trying to change but enjoying a raid is a bit hard when a voice in my head is whispering about news and European maintenance posts.<br /><br />So readers, you work, you play, you go to school, you study and you obviously also love MMOs (or you wouldn't be reading this post, right?). How do you balance your real life with your virtual one? Does your MMO of choice have to wait till your chores/homework/research is done? Would you rather get your fix before dinner or are you up at the crack of dawn before work to do those all-important dailies?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/the-daily-grind-the-mmo-life-balance/">The Daily Grind: The MMO/life balance</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 27 May 2009 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/the-daily-grind-the-mmo-life-balance/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1555467/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/the-daily-grind-the-mmo-life-balance/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>balance</category><category>mmo</category><category>mmos</category><category>real-life</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><category>tightrope</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lesley Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
